"I'll fight for the dwarf," a voice called out. And Bronn stepped forward to battle on behalf of the half-man. Kicking off one of the show's most unlikely, and enjoyable, pairings. The Lord and the Sellsword. Coming to TVLand.

What followed was an amazing fight that saw Bronn, the dirty guy who kills for coin totally take out the fancy, armored Knight of the Vale, Ser Vardis. I had no idea what it meant to fight with "no honor," but apparently it means moving around a lot so your opponent has to chase you all around the throne room of the Eyrie, tiring him out because he's wearing 70 pounds of armor. And then humiliating and bitch-slicing him, driving a sword slowly into his clavicle, and then pushing him through a hole that leads to a mile-long drop to the rocky chasms below. Yeah, you can just sign me up for "no honor." I'll take the hit at Heaven's gate.

Everybody Loves Bronn!

Get Over Here!

We had been hearing about what a great warrior, and leader of warriors, Khal Drogo was. But we hadn't seen him in action until the time came to defend the Moon of his Life's honor in front of a particularly extra-mouthy underling who objected to having his "rape and pillage" privileges taken away. What followed was an epic dismantling, both verbally and physically.

With a "Mortal Kombat-style fatality" as the cherry on top. Later on, thousands of years later, this move would be called the MacGruber.

Here Lies Good Old Ned, A Great Big Sword Fell on His Head

This was the scene that book fans were waiting for all season. Not just so they could see such a seminal moment in the story play out on TV, but to also see and hear everyone who hadn't read the first book flip the f*** out!

Some TV viewers were straight-up outraged. Claiming that the show had duped them. Crying foul and saying that they felt cheated. To which I say…

Here Be Dragons!

So after Ned and his head underwent a trial separation in "Baelor," there was really only one character left who needed to finish their Season 1 story. And what better way for Dany to bat cleanup than to smother her comatose husband, walk through a burning funeral pire…

…and emerge naked, covered in soot, with three newborn mothereffin' dragons. Look, I know vampires are still all the rage. And zombies came close to pulling ahead of them last year. But nothing tops dragons. And nothing can even get in the vicinity of a hot chick who can't be burned and also possesses control over dragons. It's pretty much the basis for every homemade fantasy t-shirt ever made. It's like the sigil of House Airbrushed Van.

Oh, yes. It is known, Khaleesi. There are a ton of badass moments not listed here. So sound off! What were your favorites?

Matt Fowler is an Editor of IGN TV. You can follow him on Twitter at @MattIGN.